When Jesus had said this, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going,
suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them.
They said, “Men of Galilee,
why are you standing there looking at the sky?”
(Acts 1:1-11)
It’s always curious that folks want to assume that “men dressed in white garments” are always “angels.” But the gospel is very clear . . . they were men in “white garments.” It would make sense if they were the recently baptized. And of course, they ask the right question: “Why are you just standing there looking at the sky?” There’s work to be done: “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Let’s get to it!
